After the Quake: Haruki Murakami

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This slim little volume of short stories (only six of them in all), all loosely connected to the 1995 Kobe earthquake, didn't garner as much critical acclaim as some of Murakami's other books. And, to be honest, the first couple of stories were just okay--solid, but not what I would necessarily call "genius", which is what I always expect from this guy.After the Quake is a collection of 6 short stories by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, written between 1999 and 2000. Overall, I'm really glad I gave this short story collection a try, and I can't wait to read more of Haruki Murakami's charm and wit in his other works. Perhaps my favorite, "Super-Frog saves Tokyo" is a surrealistic and humorous tale about a frog who recruits Katagiri, a loan collection agent, to help him save Tokyo. Without irony, Frog tells Katagiri, "Tokyo can only be saved by a person like you." The literary references, from Hemingway to Dostoevsky to Tolstoy, that Frog interjects into conversations adds to the humor and the sense of the impossible taking shape. Unrequited young love from the perspective of a semi successful writer makes "Honey Pie" an interesting take on some of Murakami's other works. All the stories had their moments. Still, I was less fond of "All God's Children can Dance" and "Thailand." 4.25 stars One day, coming home from work, Yoshiya sees an older man with just such an earlobe. He follows this man out through deserted places until he reaches an old baseball field and realizes that he's alone. He does a strange and heartfelt dance, thinking over his life and his "guide," Mr. Tabata, who confessed to having lusts for Yoshiya's mother (a feeling from which not even Yoshiya himself has been innocent). When Yoshiya ends his dance, he hears a siren in the distance, and he closes the story by saying, "Oh God." Do not use matches, lighters, appliances, or light switches until you are sure there are no gas leaks. Sparks from electrical switches could ignite gas, causing an explosion.

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Quella sera, nel suo grande letto immacolato, Satsuki pianse. Riconobbe il fatto che si stava dolcemente avviando verso la morte. Riconobbe di avere una pietra bianca e dura dentro il suo corpo. Riconobbe che da qualche parte nel buio si nascondeva un serpente verde tutto ricoperto di squame. Pensò al bambino che non era mai nato. Lei se n'era liberata e l'aveva gettato in un pozzo senza fine. E aveva continuato a odiare un uomo per trent'anni. Gli aveva augurato di morire fra atroci dolori. Per quello nel fondo del cuore aveva sperato persino in un terremoto. In un certo senso, si disse, sono stata io a provocare quel terremoto. Lui ha trasformato il mio cuore e il mio corpo in una pietra. Le scimmie color cenere in quella montagna lontana l'avevano guardata in silenzio. In un certo senso vivere e morire si equivalgono, dottoressa.Ce-a de-a cincea este o poveste fantasy "Broscanul salveaza Tokyo" ce infatiseaza un broscoi adevarat, vorbitor, care ii propune unui barbat sa salveze impreuna Tokyo de un cutremur iminent. Avem aici foarte multe referiri la Nietzsche, Anna Karenina, Joseph Conrad, Dostoievski. Trebuie sa recunosc ca nu sunt fana a animalutelor vorbitoare, fiind trecuta de varsta in care sa mai cred in asemenea lucruri. And - where the murmur of life is discerned - sometimes, it's a question of digging with your bare hands. A woman who left her family to live with her boyfriend builds a bonfire with their friend. It sounds simple, but this one is probably the bleakest of the stories. 3/5 stars

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A critical aid route between Turkey and Syria may be passable by Thursday, a senior United Nations official has suggested. Super-Frog Saves Tokyo” is the highlight of the collection ~ a nightmarish work of magical realism that is at turns humorous, grave, and gross. Frog is a polite and well-spoken creature given to philosophical musings and literary references. In the course of the story he mentions Nietzsche, Conrad, Tolstoy, Hemingway, and Dostoevsky. He also has a good sense of humor. I love his indignation when he imagines someone denying that he is a frog: “ Anyone claiming I am not a frog would be a dirty liar. I would smash such a person to bits” (94). The EU has announced plans to host a donors conference next month to marshal international aid for Syria and Turkey following this week's catastrophic earthquake.

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Elsewhere, a confused young man experiences a similarly life-altering moment, realising that in the "ominous rumbling of the deepest darkness, secret rivers that transported desire, slimy creatures writhing", lies something vital, that "these, too, were helping to create the rhythm of the earth". Murakami Haruki (Japanese: 村上 春樹) is a popular contemporary Japanese writer and translator. His work has been described as 'easily accessible, yet profoundly complex'. He can be located on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/harukimuraka...

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Random but persistent streams of clear light and white smoke swirled together inside his eyes, which gave him a strangely flat view of the world. Was this what it felt like to die? All God's Children Can Dance is brilliantly written. Murakami deceives with what initially appears to be a simple story, and then we venture with Yoshiya deeper into the underbelly of his life until he finds his "God."Remember that all CEA policies offer Emergency Repairs coverage, so that you can take immediate steps to secure your property. If you have Loss of Use coverage, your additional living expenses—if you have to live elsewhere because of an earthquake—will be covered. This coverage never has a deductible! More than 1,500 people are reported to have died in a region which relief agencies struggled to reach even before the earthquake. Anger is growing in Turkey over beliefs that poor enforcement of regulations may have contributed to the collapse of many buildings in the recent earthquakes. Along with many countries offering help, Algeria has said it was ready to open its airspace in support of Morocco, despite breaking off ties with its neighbour two years ago The earthquake is a presence in each of the stories, an event that is mentioned and that has had some sort of lingering (though usually only tangential) effect on at least some of the characters.